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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Talkeetna in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 26, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 62.0459S, -152.3461WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 120 km WSW of Talkeetna, Alaska (75 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Talkeetna in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -152.3461 West, latitude 62.0459 North, depth = 117.8 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:26:14 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/17 / 2017-01-26 14:26:14 / January 26, 2017 @ 2:26 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oke5fp, ak15166819, us10007vil. Id of event: ak15166819. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117.8 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 120 km WSW of Talkeetna, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.3461° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.0459° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120km WSW of Talkeetna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-26 14:26:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-26 14:46:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 52 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 360 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak15166819 Id of event.
Event Code 15166819 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00oke5fp,ak15166819,us10007vil, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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